It will someday show up in some Congressional testimony as an anecdote "proving" that the media companies are not actually interested in artist's rights. It won't be logical, but such is the way of Congressional hearings.
I wouldn't be surprised this does get walked back over the next couple of weeks, or if the practice ends despite its legality, and I bet it won't be any fan outrage, but internal RIAA-based pressure. This is not an anecdote they want floating around where it can be easily verified.
> It won't be logical, but such is the way of Congressional hearings.
When such statements are made routinely about an organization, it's time to move on to another one. (Roman Senate as precedent. I'm sure there are many others.)
The Roman Empire went on for a long time after it had become a parody of itself. In fact, it went on for a long time after it became a dysfunctional meta-parody of the earlier dictatorial rubber-stamp-legislature parody of itself. It's just that competent individuals kept appearing and propping it up enough for it to keep going.
If there's anything absurd, it's the notion of a historical individual being able to find a non-dysfunctional part of the world to move to. However, we now have the Internet and air travel.
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It will someday show up in some Congressional testimony as an anecdote "proving" that the media companies are not actually interested in artist's rights. It won't be logical, but such is the way of Congressional hearings.
I wouldn't be surprised this does get walked back over the next couple of weeks, or if the practice ends despite its legality, and I bet it won't be any fan outrage, but internal RIAA-based pressure. This is not an anecdote they want floating around where it can be easily verified.
> It won't be logical, but such is the way of Congressional hearings.
When such statements are made routinely about an organization, it's time to move on to another one. (Roman Senate as precedent. I'm sure there are many others.)
Don't be absurd. Mark Twain was making jokes about Congress over a century ago, and he certainly wasn't the first.
The Roman Empire went on for a long time after it had become a parody of itself. In fact, it went on for a long time after it became a dysfunctional meta-parody of the earlier dictatorial rubber-stamp-legislature parody of itself. It's just that competent individuals kept appearing and propping it up enough for it to keep going.
If there's anything absurd, it's the notion of a historical individual being able to find a non-dysfunctional part of the world to move to. However, we now have the Internet and air travel.